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Pharus, the young black man at the center of Tarell Alvin McCraney’s Broadway debut “Choir Boy,” which opened Tuesday at MTC’s Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, is as comfortable in his gay body as Chiron, from McCraney’s Oscar-winning film “Moonlight,” is not. McCraney doesn’t give us much background for why Pharus is so out, proud and gay as a teenager at an all-boys school. But he...

NEW YORK — You haven’t seen a character like Pharus before. Certainly not on Broadway. It’s not just that he’s “an effeminate young man of color,” as Tarell Alvin McCraney thumbnails him in the script for “Choir Boy.” That’s like calling Evan Hansen a teenager with a twitch. Which isn’t to say that Pharus, a student at an elite, mostly Black all-male prep school, doesn’t have...

Broadway has kicked off 2019 in exceptional form with Manhattan Theatre Club presenting the Broadway premiere of Tarell Alvin McCraney’s “Choir Boy,” in a limited run through Feb. 24 at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, directed by Trip Cullman. ......

It’s been extraordinary times for Tarell Alvin McCraney. After “Moonlight” won the 2017 best picture Oscar and another for his semi-autobiographical screenplay (with director Barry Jenkins), McCraney became head of the playwriting program at the Yale School of Drama in New Haven, where he had been a student just 10 years earlier. McCraney, who is also a MacArthur “genius” grant...

“Try to blend,” the vivacious Pharus Jonathan Young instructs his fellow choirboys as they kneel to pray together near the start of Tarell Alvin McCraney’s spicy, mellifluous play. Then the young choir lead halfway cocks an eyebrow and adds, “For the Lord, at least.” In Choir Boy, Pharus (Jeremy Pope) ... More » ......

If Broadway strides into 2019 without last year’s parade of two-parters and kiddie juggernauts, the cavalcade includes a familiar assortment of celebrity-driven revivals, musicals adapted from popular movies and jukebox properties. And yet, there are a few genuinely unusual entries, which ought to pep up an otherwise conventional season. Broadway in 2018: male playwrights and...

The film Moonlight has won best picture at the Oscars. Set mainly in a black neighbourhood of Miami, it chronicles the life of Chiron - from being a gentle child bullied at school to a young adult trying to come to terms with his sexuality. It mixes macho brutality, with genuine tenderness. The film is directed by Barry Jenkins and is based on a story by Tarell Alvin McCraney called In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue. Evan Davis met up with Tarell Alvin McCraney on 16 February. Image of Tarell Alvin McCraney and Barry Jenkins courtesy of Scott McIntyre/The New York Times
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The film Moonlight has won best picture at the Oscars. Set mainly in a black neighbourhood of Miami, it chronicles the life of Chiron - from being a gentle child bullied at school to a young adult trying to come to terms with his sexuality. It mixes macho brutality, with genuine tenderness. The film is directed by Barry Jenkins and is based on a story by Tarell Alvin McCraney called In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue. Evan Davis met up with Tarell Alvin McCraney on 16 February. Image of Tarell Alvin McCraney and Barry Jenkins courtesy of Scott McIntyre/The New York Times
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Tarell Alvin McCraney, Chair of Playwriting at Yale School of Drama

Meet the Men of Tarell Alvin McCraney's ''Choir Boy''

published:06 Dec 2018

Meet the Men of Tarell Alvin McCraney's ''Choir Boy''

Meet the Men of Tarell Alvin McCraney's ''Choir Boy''

published:06 Dec 2018

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Meet Jeremy Pope and the Men of Tarell Alvin McCraney\'s \'\'Choir Boy\'\'
Manhattan Theatre Club presents McCraney\'s Broadway debut this winter.
After an acclaimed off-Broadway run in 2013, Tarell Alvin McCraney\'s \'\'Choir Boy\'\' is getting ready to make its Broadway debut, and so is the playwright himself. This drama with music, directed by Trip Cullman, explores what it means to be a man — and particularly, what it means to be a black man. At a recent press event, McCraney, Cullman, and the company — led by Jeremy Pope, Chuck Cooper, and Austin Pendleton — filled us in on what to expect....

Meet the Men of Tarell Alvin McCraney's ''Choir Boy''

published:06 Dec 2018

views:763

Meet Jeremy Pope and the Men of Tarell Alvin McCraney\'s \'\'Choir Boy\'\'
Manhattan Theatre Club presents McCraney\'s Broadway debut this winter.
After an acclaimed off-Broadway run in 2013, Tarell Alvin McCraney\'s \'\'Choir Boy\'\' is getting ready to make its Broadway debut, and so is the playwright himself. This drama with music, directed by Trip Cullman, explores what it means to be a man — and particularly, what it means to be a black man. At a recent press event, McCraney, Cullman, and the company — led by Jeremy Pope, Chuck Cooper, and Austin Pendleton — filled us in on what to expect....

Tarell Alvin McCraney: Theatre of Be Longing

published:30 May 2017

Tarell Alvin McCraney: Theatre of Be Longing

Tarell Alvin McCraney: Theatre of Be Longing

published:30 May 2017

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Tarell Alvin McCraney, Oscar-winning playwright, chair of Yale’s playwriting program
What do the classics teach us about our humanity? What do we today have to teach the classics? The young people born today, those turning 15 yesterday, statistics say have never seen a live performance. Even fewer have seen a live performance in the theater or a play. And fewer have seen a play that reflected the life they currently live .
How do we create theatre as cultural belonging? How do we create a space where young audiences feel as though they can Be? And what is the type of theater we are Longing for?
This talk is from the 2017 Othering & Belonging Conference hosted by the Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society at UC Berkeley. For more information, visit haasinstitute.berkeley.edu or otheringandbelonging.org...

Tarell Alvin McCraney: Theatre of Be Longing

published:30 May 2017

views:1168

Tarell Alvin McCraney, Oscar-winning playwright, chair of Yale’s playwriting program
What do the classics teach us about our humanity? What do we today have to teach the classics? The young people born today, those turning 15 yesterday, statistics say have never seen a live performance. Even fewer have seen a live performance in the theater or a play. And fewer have seen a play that reflected the life they currently live .
How do we create theatre as cultural belonging? How do we create a space where young audiences feel as though they can Be? And what is the type of theater we are Longing for?
This talk is from the 2017 Othering & Belonging Conference hosted by the Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society at UC Berkeley. For more information, visit haasinstitute.berkeley.edu or otheringandbelonging.org...

"Moonlight" writer on its origin and critical success

published:18 Feb 2017

"Moonlight" writer on its origin and critical success

"Moonlight" writer on its origin and critical success

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\"Moonlight\" won best picture in the drama category at last month\'s Golden Globe Awards and has received eight Oscar nominations. It\'s based on the story, \"In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue\" by Tarell Alvin McCraney. McCraney is a McArthur Genius fellow and was recently named head of the playwriting department at the Yale School of Drama. He joins \"CBS This Morning: Saturday\" to discuss the film\'s message.
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"Moonlight" writer on its origin and critical success

published:18 Feb 2017

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\"Moonlight\" won best picture in the drama category at last month\'s Golden Globe Awards and has received eight Oscar nominations. It\'s based on the story, \"In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue\" by Tarell Alvin McCraney. McCraney is a McArthur Genius fellow and was recently named head of the playwriting department at the Yale School of Drama. He joins \"CBS This Morning: Saturday\" to discuss the film\'s message.
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Barry Jenkins, the director of the acclaimed, Oscar-nominated drama about three stages in the life of a man growing up gay in 80s Miami visits the BFI Southbank. Joined by Tarell Alvin McCraney, who wrote the play on which the film is based, he talks to Danny Leigh about the film’s resonance in the Trump era and how his own preconceptions about gay men changed over the course of shooting.
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Barry Jenkins, the director of the acclaimed, Oscar-nominated drama about three stages in the life of a man growing up gay in 80s Miami visits the BFI Southbank. Joined by Tarell Alvin McCraney, who wrote the play on which the film is based, he talks to Danny Leigh about the film’s resonance in the Trump era and how his own preconceptions about gay men changed over the course of shooting.
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Playwright Tarell McCraney was named a MacArthur Fellow in 2013. The Fellowship is a $625,000, no-strings-attached grant for individuals who have shown exceptional creativity in their work and the promise to do more. Learn more at http://www.macfound.org/fellows....

Playwright Tarell McCraney was named a MacArthur Fellow in 2013. The Fellowship is a $625,000, no-strings-attached grant for individuals who have shown exceptional creativity in their work and the promise to do more. Learn more at http://www.macfound.org/fellows....

The film Moonlight has won best picture at the Oscars. Set mainly in a black neighbourhood of Miami, it chronicles the life of Chiron - from being a gentle child bullied at school to a young adult trying to come to terms with his sexuality. It mixes macho brutality, with genuine tenderness. The film

Meet Jeremy Pope and the Men of Tarell Alvin McCraney\'s \'\'Choir Boy\'\'
Manhattan Theatre Club presents McCraney\'s Broadway debut this winter.
After an acclaimed off-Broadway run in 2013, Tarell Alvin McCraney\'s \'\'Choir Boy\'\' is getting ready to make its Broadway debut, and so is the playwright him

Tarell Alvin McCraney, Oscar-winning playwright, chair of Yale’s playwriting program
What do the classics teach us about our humanity? What do we today have to teach the classics? The young people born today, those turning 15 yesterday, statistics say have never seen a live performance. Even fewer

\"Moonlight\" won best picture in the drama category at last month\'s Golden Globe Awards and has received eight Oscar nominations. It\'s based on the story, \"In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue\" by Tarell Alvin McCraney. McCraney is a McArthur Genius fellow and was recently named head of the playwriting

Barry Jenkins, the director of the acclaimed, Oscar-nominated drama about three stages in the life of a man growing up gay in 80s Miami visits the BFI Southbank. Joined by Tarell Alvin McCraney, who wrote the play on which the film is based, he talks to Danny Leigh about the film’s resonance in the

\'Moonlight\' story writer Tarell Alvin McCraney sits down with Dylan to shut down bullsh*t about representation in Hollywood, the scarcity of gay black love stories on screen, and #OscarsSoWhite.
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Playwright Tarell McCraney was named a MacArthur Fellow in 2013. The Fellowship is a $625,000, no-strings-attached grant for individuals who have shown exceptional creativity in their work and the promise to do more. Learn more at http://www.macfound.org/fellows.